Catching up with old friends

These are some of Tyler's good friends from High School, college, I guess even Jr. High School too. It's so fun to see everyone and to get our kids together to play.

Happy 4th of July!

Parade, BBQ, family, swimming, and fireworks... what more can we say?

SOLD!

It has been a long house hunting process. We are so pleased with the results. This house is US! Everything about it just feels right. We are planning on moving in sometime in August.

Ready or not, it's time...

End of an Era

This was a sad day for Tyler. This car is a tank and required minimum care for the time that we needed it. The funny thing is that we put it on Craigslist for sale and had 20 responses in 4 hours. We sold it to a family in our ward and I hope they don't hate it for us.

This is an unimpressive picture but it was a day that we had been dreaming of for the past six years.

Summer without strawberry picking is no summer we know

This year Grandma and Grandpa Reading were able to come strawberry picking with us. They loved it. There is nothing like a cool night and a large patch of strawberries.

Last Soccer Game

Carson had to leave his team early because of our move. Grandma and Grandpa Reading were in town to see the last soccer game. It was fun and Carson gave it his all.

Last day of Kindergarten

Sydney loved Kindergarten and had a great teacher. We are sad to leave this good school. The Kindergarten did a program for all of the families and it was so cute. It was hard to hold back the tears. We celebrated by going out to ice cream.

The big number 5!

June 19th Carson turns 5. We had his party the Saturday before and it was a lot of fun! Carson had a bike party and all his friends brought their bikes. We had a big outside obstacle course (we barely beat the rain), a few inside games, cup cakes and ice cream, presents, and a pinata. It was a lot of FUN!

GO GIECKO GECKOS!

That cute number 3 is our CARSON!

Sydney's Recital

Sydney has long awaited this day. She was so cute in her yellow costume. She loved the stage, the make-up, the trophy, flowers from her brothers and Dad, watching her friends, and playing with in between her dances. She did a really good job, she smiled big and did a good job remembering her dances.

Homemade Popsicles

We bought this little tray to freeze juice or kool aide into Popsicle. The kids love them. I'm sure most mom's would only freeze 100% pure juice in them, we however have only tried kool aide, which is really good. The funny thing is that we had dinner with some neighbors on Fathers Day and they had bought the same trays and the same straws as we did. I guess that everybody loves Target's $1 section.

Outside Play Time

As we are counting down our time here I feel like we need to play at evey park for one last time. We have a lot of really nice parks within walking distance and we love it. It is so much fun to be able to go outside everyday and see something different.

Sydney's Bridging Ceremony

Sydney is no longer a Daisy Scout... she's a Brownie (assuming we find her a troop when we move - don't tell her that part). She has loved doing Girl Scouts and really enjoyed being her leader. The girls were all a lot of fun to work with.